brickyard

[ brik-yahrd ]

/ ˈbrɪkˌyɑrd /

noun

a place where bricks are made, stored, or sold.

Words nearby brickyard

bricks and mortar, bricks shy of a load, bricktop, brickwork, bricky, brickyard, bricolage, bricole, brics, bridal, bridal wreath

Origin of brickyard

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35; brick + yard²

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Examples from the Web for brickyard

Everyone is afraid of her in the house and in the village and in the brickyard.
The Witch and Other Stories|Anton Chekhov
Several kilns of brick turned out badly, so that the brickyard fell behind with its orders, thus delaying the work a few weeks.
The Colonel's Dream|Charles W. Chesnutt
Fix it up for the brickyard at—at what time do you say, Foster?
Full-Back Foster|Ralph Henry Barbour
It will open a brickyard and stone quarry in East Liberty this spring and employ 125 men and 40 teams.
Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading|Various

The bricks were all made in the school's brickyard, and laid by the students.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899|Various

British Dictionary definitions for brickyard

brickyard

/ (ˈbrɪkˌjɑːd) /

noun

a place in which bricks are made, stored, or sold

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